Ni Chu

Xiang Yu put his hand on the hilt of his saber, and led Long Qie and others to walk among the officers and soldiers of the Chu army who were eating. Looking at these officers and soldiers of the Chu army who were holding bowls and eating deliciously, he felt a little sour in his heart.

He is about to announce something to these soldiers who have been following him in the South and North Wars, something that he is really hard to say, but he has to announce.

Some soldiers of the Chu army wiped their mouths after eating, patted their swollen bellies, and sighed: "Ah, I haven't eaten so full for a long time. It's better for General Xiang. He brought Big guy, big guy can eat enough to eat, "

Hearing what he said, more than a dozen Chu soldiers who were surrounded by a pot with him quickly agreed, and two of them were still unable to speak with their mouths full of corn and rice, so they had to follow behind the crowd and said "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Nod straight.

"Brothers, eat first, I'll wash the dishes," the soldier who had finished eating first greeted the Tongze fellows at the side, and got up to leave.

He just turned around when a tall man stood behind him blocking his way.

The soldier raised his head and looked at the person standing in front of him. When he saw the face of the person standing in front of him, he quickly half-knelt on the ground and shouted in panic: "General, the villain is abrupt, Don't blame General Wanwang, "

Xiang Yu smiled at the soldier, reached out and patted his shoulder and said kindly: "It's nothing, I just want to tell you, don't be too busy washing the dishes first."

"Ah," the soldier opened his mouth wide and looked at Xiang Yu puzzled when he saw Xiang Yu stopping him from washing the dishes.

Xiang Yu looked around and saw that many officers and soldiers had almost eaten their bowls, so he shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers of the Chu army: "Soldiers, I have something to tell you. Today's meal is The last hot meal before we defeated Zhang Han. After this meal, all of you prepared three days' rations and smashed all the pots and stoves. After crossing the river, we didn't have time to cook. All the time must be spent on killing the enemy, we must keep killing the enemy, defeat the Qin army, and kill Zhang Han,"

After he finished speaking, all the Chu soldiers who heard the order stared at him in astonishment. After a while, some Chu soldiers who were already full and quicker to react quickly lay down in front of the stove with their bowls in their hands. , desperately pulling the corn and rice into the bowl.

Those who reacted a little slower, seeing their companions grabbing the food first, followed suit.

The Chu army who did not hear Xiang Yu's order in the distance saw that Xiang Yu was the center, and a large number of Chu soldiers were looting the food in the pot, and they all stretched out their heads to ask other people what Xiang Yu said.

When they heard that there would be no hot food for the next three days, they didn't have time to think about it, and immediately joined the ranks of grabbing food.

Before issuing this order, Xiang Yu once imagined how he would mobilize the officers and soldiers of the Chu army if they questioned his order to destroy the cooking stove.

Xiang Yu was relieved by the performance of the officers and soldiers of the Chu army. There were no doubts, but only the Chu soldiers who were reincarnated like starved ghosts, with full stomachs, but still rushing for food.

Xiang Yu shook his head, and looked back at Yu Ziqi who initially opposed him to break the boat.

Seeing Xiang Yu looking at him, Yu Ziqi didn't say anything, turned his head to the side, and focused on a Chu soldier who was lying in front of the pot and almost fisted his companion because he was fighting for food.

Under the looting of the officers and soldiers of the Chu army, the food in the pots and stoves was quickly robbed. In front of a few pots and stoves, there were even some so useless asses who stuffed their faces into the pots, one by one. The unshoveled corn and rice in the pot was licked clean.

"Are you full?" Xiang Yu asked them with a smile on his face when all the Chu soldiers were panting with their round stomachs on their backs.

"Back to the general," after Xiang Yu asked, an officer of the Chu army rolled on the spot, knelt on the ground and replied: "We are all full, and this meal may be the last meal in our life. The hot meal is ready, the brothers are a little bit useless, I hope the general will not blame you, "

"Haha, don't blame, don't blame," Xiang Yu laughed a few times, waved his hand at the officer and said, "All the soldiers should have enough to eat. Only when we are full can we go to fight the Qin army to the death. No hero is hungry. You come out hungry, the fuller you eat, the more powerful you will be when you fight, but you have to remember, what we have to do is to go to the other side of the river so that the Qin army will have no brains to eat hot meals in the future, not ourselves. Can’t eat, do you understand?”

"Understood," Xiang Yu's words made the blood boil of these Chu army officers and soldiers who were full, exhausted, and eager to cross the Yellow River immediately to fight the Qin army. Replied in unison.

"Break the cauldron and smash the stove," was answered by the officers and soldiers of the Chu army, and the smile on Xiang Yu's face narrowed and he ordered loudly: "Smash the pot and stove, and cross the river immediately."

Following his order, tens of thousands of Chu soldiers first scrambled to smash the rice bowls in their hands, and then some people ran to the pot and stove and smashed the pot on the stove to pieces.

The quartermaster held a large pot in his arms. This was the cooking pot used by Xiang Yu and other generals. He was reluctant to smash it. Since he followed Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew out of Jiangdong, this pot has been with him. He hoped that Xiang Yu could let it go Leave the pot aside.

The officers and soldiers of the Chu army also knew that this pot was used to cook for Xiang Yu and others. When everyone was smashing pots and stoves, no one came to trouble the quartermaster.

"Throw that cauldron down too." Others didn't come to trouble the quartermaster, but Xiang Yu didn't intend to let him go. Holding the cauldron, he said to the soldiers beside him, "Go, smash that cauldron for me."

The three soldiers responded, and hurried forward, snatching the pot from the arms of the quartermaster. One of the soldiers lifted the pot high, and threw it to the ground, only to hear a "pop" With a crisp sound, a big hole was thrown out of the bottom of the cauldron.

The quartermaster was lying on the ground, looking at the broken cauldron with pain on his face, biting his lips tightly, but he didn't dare to say a word.

"Soldiers, cross the river," Xiang Yu raised his hand and pointed at the bank of the Yellow River when the Chu army's barracks were full of broken pots and bowls, and shouted loudly.

"Cross the river," tens of thousands of Chu army officers and soldiers raised their weapons high and followed Xiang Yu towards the boats docked on the bank like a tide.

On the other side of the river, Yingbu, Xiang Ye, and General Pu had already made preparations for the response. The whole process of the Chu army crossing the river was very smooth. ashore.

When all the Chu troops had landed, Xiang Yu turned his head to look at the river bank, and said to Yu Ziqi, "Ziqi, you lead your troops to scuttle all these warships immediately."

"What are you going to do?" When Yu Ziqi led his troops to the shore, jumped onto the warship, and began to destroy the warship with axes and chisels, a group of Chu soldiers surrounded them with spears. When they got up, many of them yelled: "Why destroy the ships? Without ships, we have no way out. Are you trying to kill everyone?"

Yu Ziqi ignored the Chu army who surrounded them, and ordered his soldiers to continue destroying the ships.

"Brothers, come on," an officer who was obviously not under Yu Ziqi's account saw that they were still sabotaging the ship like no one else, and shouted to his companions beside him, "Catch these troublemakers and hand them over to the general."

"Stop," when the large group of Chu soldiers shouted in unison and rushed towards Yu Ziqi's troops, Xiang Yu galloped towards them on a black-tailed horse.

"I ordered General Ziqi to dig the boat," Xiang Yu reined in his horse and shouted loudly to them when he rushed in front of the Chu army, "Whoever dares to stop him will be punished as disobedience to the military order."

Seeing Xiang Yu standing in front of him, the officers and soldiers of the Chu army who were about to stop Yu Ziqi from destroying the ship all showed puzzled expressions on their faces. They looked at each other, and then all cast their eyes on Xiang Yu, but none of them dared to come out. asked loudly.

Xiang Yu frowned, and urged Wu Yuma to walk back and forth in front of these Chu troops. Finally, he stood with his back to a big ship, and said to these Chu soldiers: "Soldiers, I know what you are worried about. , you are worried about what to do if our army loses this battle and loses these ships, "

While Xiang Yu was speaking, all the officers and soldiers of the Chu army around held their breaths and listened quietly. On the river bank, except for the sound of the surging river rolling eastward, there was only that sound: "Dong Dong" of the chiseled boat. Voice.

"Soldiers, what are we here for?" Seeing that no one was talking, Xiang Yu raised his voice and said, "We are here to relieve the siege of Julu, to shame Tao with blood, and to avenge the old general The revenge is to strengthen the prestige of our army, but also to revitalize our Great Chu, we can only win, not lose, "

The officers and soldiers of the Chu army surrounded by the warship looked up at Xiang Yu standing in front of them like a god of war, all with solemn faces, thinking about every word Xiang Yu said.

"We only have 5 people, but the Qin army has 40. Let you smash the pots and destroy the ships, not only to let you know that I, Xiang Ji, did not expect to be defeated by the Qin army in this battle. I want you to know that facing the 40 Qin army, our only choice is to fight to the death." Seeing the thoughtful expressions on the faces of the officers and soldiers, Xiang Yu went on to say to them: "We want Zhang Han to know that we are not like other princes. It’s just for show, we’re here to fight them with real knives and guns,”

After Xiang Yu said these words, the officers and soldiers of the Chu Army who surrounded the river bank gradually dispersed. Each of them had mixed feelings. Apart from being at a loss for the unknown fate in the next few days, there was also a faint feeling in their hearts because of Xiang Yu His words aroused a surge of pride,